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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
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<h4><a name = "tag_000_005_203">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
fputs - put a string on a stream
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_204">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="stdio.h.html">stdio.h</a>&gt;

int fputs(const char *<i>s</i>, FILE *<i>stream</i>);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_205">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>fputs()</i>
function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by
<i>s</i>
to the stream pointed to by
<i>stream</i>.
The terminating null byte is not written.
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The
<i>st_ctime</i>
and
<i>st_mtime</i>
fields of the file will be marked for update between the successful
execution of
<i>fputs()</i>
and the next successful completion of a call to
<i><a href="fflush.html">fflush()</a></i>
or
<i><a href="fclose.html">fclose()</a></i>
on the same stream or a call to
<i><a href="exit.html">exit()</a></i>
or
<i><a href="abort.html">abort()</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_206">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
Upon successful completion,
<i>fputs()</i>
returns a non-negative number.  Otherwise it returns EOF, sets an error
indicator for the stream and
<i>errno</i>
is set to indicate the error.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_207">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
Refer to
<i><a href="fputc.html">fputc()</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_208">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_209">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
The
<i><a href="puts.html">puts()</a></i>
function appends a newline character while
<i>fputs()</i>
does not.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_210">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_211">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="fopen.html">fopen()</a></i>,
<i><a href="putc.html">putc()</a></i>,
<i><a href="puts.html">puts()</a></i>,
<i><a href="stdio.h.html">&lt;stdio.h&gt;</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4>DERIVATION</h4><blockquote>
Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.
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